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· 11/15/1985

Nestor Rodrigo Rios-Berrios v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

Citations

  • 776 F.2d 859
  • 1985 U.S. App. LEXIS 24001

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that “[we] are convinced that his asylum case will be more advantageously presented by retained counsel.”
  • holding that while reviewing courts usually defer to discretion of trial judge in granting or denying a continuance, grant of two short continuances where alien requested time to find a lawyer is an abuse of discretion
  • finding abuse of discretion because alien was given only two total business days from GONZALEZ-VELIZ V. GARLAND 19 two granted continuances to locate attorney while incarcerated
  • interpreting former statute now codified as § 1231(g); Schweiker v. Chilicky, 487 U.S. 412, 421 (1988); footnote and other citation omitted
  • interpreting former statute now codified as 8 U.S.C. § 1231(g); Schweiker v. Chilicky, 487 U.S. 412, 421 (1988); footnote and other citation omitted
  • interpreting former statute now codified as 8 U.S.C. § 1231(g); Schweiker v. Chilicky, 487 U.S. 412, 421, 108 S.Ct. 2460, 101 L.Ed.2d 370 (1988); footnote and other citation omitted

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Judges: Chambers, Tang, Wiggins

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